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Capricorn Africa Society
The Capricorn Africa Society was a multiracial pressure group in British colonies in southern and eastern Africa in the 1950s and 1960s. History The organisation was established in 1949 in Southern Rhodesia by David Stirling and N. H. Wilson, with branches soon opening in Kenya, Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland and Tanganyika; a branch was also opened in London in 1956.Bizeck Jube Phiri (1991) "The Capricorn Africa Society Revisited: The Impact of Liberalism in Zambia's Colonial History, 1949-1963", ''The International Journal of African Historical Studies'', Vol. 24, No. 1, pp65–83 With a mostly European leadership, it called for "equal rights for all civilised", giving Africans gradually increasing civic rights. The organisation briefly participated in electoral politics in Kenya. In the 1956 general elections it nominated two candidates for the fourteen European seats, choosing not to run in constituencies where independents aligned with the more liberal Michael Blundell and Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Rhodesia
Southern Rhodesia was a landlocked self-governing British Crown colony in southern Africa, established in 1923 and consisting of British South Africa Company (BSAC) territories lying south of the Zambezi River. The region was informally known as south Zambesia until annexed by Britain at the behest of Cecil Rhodes's British South Africa Company, for whom the colony was named. The bounding territories were Bechuanaland (Botswana), Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), Moçambique (Mozambique), and the Transvaal Republic (for two brief periods instead the British Transvaal Colony, from 1910 the Union of South Africa, and then from 1961 the Republic of South Africa). This southern region, known for its extensive gold reserves, was first purchased by the BSAC's Pioneer Column on the strength of a Mineral Concession extracted from its Matabele overlord, Lobengula, and various majority Mashona vassal chiefs in 1890. Though parts of the territory were laid claim to by the Bechuana and Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Franklin (politician)
Henry W. Franklin (died January 1972) was a British trade unionist who served on the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party. Based in Gloucester, Franklin joined the National Union of Railwaymen (NUR), and soon came to prominence. He was elected as chair of the No.3 Sectional Council in the Western Region, and then in 1930 as chair of the union's Swindon Council. In 1931, he was one of only five delegates to vote in favour of paying J. H. Thomas James Henry Thomas (3 October 1874 – 21 January 1949), sometimes known as Jimmy Thomas or Jim Thomas, was a Welsh trade unionist and Labour (later National Labour) politician. He was involved in a political scandal involving budget leaks. ... a £500 annual pension, despite him having resigned before reaching retirement age. In 1946, Franklin was elected to its executive committee of the NUR, and in 1951, he became president of the union. He was a supporter of the Labour Party, and was elected to its National Execu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1961 Disestablishments In Northern Rhodesia
Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 (Koivulahti air disaster): Douglas DC-3C OH-LCC of Finnish airline Finnair, Aero crashes near Kvevlax (Koivulahti), on approach to Vaasa Airport in Finland, killing all 25 on board, due to pilot error: an investigation finds that the Captain (civil aviation), captain and First officer (civil aviation), first officer were both exhausted for lack of sleep, and had consumed excessive amounts of alcohol at the time of the crash. It remains the deadliest air disaster to occur in the country. * January 5 ** Italian sculptor Alfredo Fioravanti marches into the U.S. Consulate in Rome, and confesses that he was part of the team that forged the Etruscan terracotta warriors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ** After the 1960 Turkish coup d'état, 1960 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1949 Establishments In Southern Rhodesia
Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. * January 11 – The first "networked" television broadcasts take place, as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air, connecting east coast and mid-west programming in the United States. * January 16 – Şemsettin Günaltay forms the new government of Turkey. It is the 18th government, last single party government of the Republican People's Party. * January 17 – The first VW Type 1 to arrive in the United States, a 1948 model, is brought to New York by Dutch businessman Ben Pon. Unable to interest dealers or importers in the Volkswagen, Pon sells the sample car to pay his travel expenses. Only two 1949 models are sold in Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defunct Political Parties In Zambia
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Defunct Political Parties In Kenya
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Defunct (no longer in use or active) may refer to: * ''Defunct'' (video game), 2014 * Zombie process or defunct process, in Unix-like operating systems See also * * :Former entities * End-of-life product * Obsolescence Obsolescence is the state of being which occurs when an object, service, or practice is no longer maintained or required even though it may still be in good working order. It usually happens when something that is more efficient or less risky r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Africa Party
The Central Africa Party was a multi-racial political party in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (also called the Central Africa Federation). The party organised separately in the three constituent part of the federation, Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland and Southern Rhodesia. History The CAP was established by Garfield Todd in 1959. Led by John Moffat in Northern Rhodesia where it had taken on the liberal mantle from the Constitution Party,Bizeck Jube Phiri (1991) "The Capricorn Africa Society Revisited: The Impact of Liberalism in Zambia's Colonial History, 1949-1963", ''The International Journal of African Historical Studies'', Vol. 24, No. 1, pp65–83 the party nominated six candidates for the 1959 general elections,"Racial Issue In N. Rhodesia Elections: African Boycott", ''The Times'', 12 March 1959, p11, Issue 54407 winning three seats; Moffat in Eastern Rural, Harry Franklin in Western Rural and Alfred Gondwe in Eastern, while William Nkanza was elected as an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Scott (Northern Rhodesian Politician)
Alexander Scott may refer to: Entertainment *Alexander Scott (16th-century poet) (c. 1520–1582/83), Scottish poet *Alexander Scott (20th-century poet) (1920–1989), Scottish poet, playwright and campaigning scholar *Alexander Scott (painter) (1872–1925), British painter *Alexander "Scotty" Scott, spy played by Bill Cosby in the television series ''I Spy'' Religion *Alexander John Scott (1768–1840), British chaplain and friend of Horatio Nelson *Alexander John Scott (principal) (1805–1866), Scottish dissident theologian, and first principal of Owens College, Manchester Science * Alexander Scott (chemist) (1853–1947), Director of Scientific Research at the British Museum *Alexander Scott (geologist) (1890–1951), Scottish geologist * Alexander Walker Scott (1800–1883), Australian entomologist Other *Alexander Scott (architect) (1920-2005), British architect *Alexander Scott (Medal of Honor) (1844–1923), American soldier *Alexander Ritchie Scott (1874–1962), Scottis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Musumbulwa
In Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam), Gabriel (); Greek: grc, Γαβριήλ, translit=Gabriḗl, label=none; Latin: ''Gabriel''; Coptic: cop, Ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ, translit=Gabriêl, label=none; Amharic: am, ገብርኤል, translit=Gabrəʾel, label=none; arc, ܓ݁ܰܒ݂ܪܺܝܐܝܶܠ, translit=Gaḇrīʾēl; ar, جِبْرِيل, Jibrīl, also ar, جبرائيل, Jibrāʾīl or ''Jabrāʾīl'', group="N" is an archangel with power to announce God's will to men. He is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Quran. Many Christian traditions — including Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Roman Catholicism — revere Gabriel as a saint. In the Hebrew Bible, Gabriel appears to the prophet Daniel to explain his visions (Daniel 8:15–26, 9:21–27). The archangel also appears in the Book of Enoch and other ancient Jewish writings not preserved in Hebrew. Alongside the archangel Michael, Gabriel is described as the guardian an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Chola Katilunga
Lawrence Chola Katilungu (February 1914 - 9 November 1961) was a Northern Rhodesian trade union leader. Katilungu was the first President of the African Mineworkers' Union. Biography Katilungu was born in February 1914 in the Northern Province of Northern Rhodesia, the grandson of a minor chief in the Bemba tribe. He initially worked as a mission teacher, before becoming an underground worker at the Nkana mine in 1936, later promoted to recruiting clerk. Katilungu first came to prominence in 1940 as a leader of striking African mineworkers at Nkana. In February 1948, he was elected President of the newly formed Nkana union. In March 1949 all the African miners' unions in Northern Rhodesia, including Nkana, amalgamated to form the African Mineworkers' Union, and Katilungu became president. In 1952, he led a successful strike to gain a wage increase of a half-crown per day for African workers. Briefly a member of the Constitution Party, Katilungu was selected as a member of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stewart Gore-Browne
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Stewart Gore-Browne (3 May 1883 – 4 August 1967), called Chipembele by Zambians, was a soldier, pioneer white settler, builder, politician and supporter of independence in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). Early life Gore-Browne was born in London, England. His father was Francis Gore Browne, a lawyer and writer on company law, his paternal grandfather was Sir Thomas Gore Browne, who had been governor of New Zealand and Tasmania. His paternal aunt was Ethel Locke King. Gore-Browne was educated at Wixenford Preparatory School for five years and Harrow School for a further three. He passed into the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich in 1900 and was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery. From 1902 to 1904 he did survey work in Natal before returning to England to take up motor racing at Brooklands racing circuit created on the Locke family estate by Hugh F. Locke King, the husband of his aunt Ethel Gore-Browne. Gore-Browne was sent to Northern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nahar Singh Mangat
Nahar may refer to: Places * Nahar, East Azerbaijan, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Nahar, Mazandaran, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran * Nahar Block of Rewari, a region in India, including a village called Nahar * Nahar, Semnan, a village in Semnan Province, Iran * Al Nahar, alternative name for the Palestinian village al-Nahr, depopulated in 1948 * Nahar al-Aaz (Glory River), Iraq Media * ''Al-Nahar'', an Egyptian television channel * ''An-Nahar'', Lebanese newspaper * ''Annahar'' (Kuwait), Kuwaiti newspaper * ''Ennahar'' (Algeria), Algerian newspaper * Ennahar TV, an Algerian 24-hour television news channel Fiction * Lord Nahar, a character in ''The Echorium Sequence'' fantasy trilogy by Katherine Roberts Others * Judge Nahar, an epithet for Yam (god), Levantine god of the sea and rivers * Nahar, local name for the Ceylon ironwood '' Mesua ferrea'' * Chechen nahar The naxar ( ce, нахар, co-spelled ''nakhar'' or ''nahar'') is the currency ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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